Preventative Maintenance and Repair for Biological Safety Equipment

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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Viral Rickettsial and Disease Laboratory
(VRDL) and the CDPH Microbial Diseases Laboratory MDL, conducts research required for
the diagnosis, investigation, and control of viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases in
California and functions as the public health laboratory for Local health jurisdictions (LHJs)
that do not have public health laboratory services available locally. As part of the
Department's laboratory science training program, VRDL and MDL, in conjunction with the
State Training Lab (TRNL), trains local public health laboratory personnel in state-of-the-art
standardized laboratory procedures.
The VRDL, MDL and TRNL laboratory programs are inspected by Federal Investigators to
ensure the laboratories meet all Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and
must remain in compliance to maintain the required licensure for diagnostic testing.
Biosafety equipment is used by microbiologists when performing all diagnostic testing. In
addition, the CDPH has a responsibility to provide operational safety equipment to reduce
the risk of exposure to hazardous materials for laboratorians performing testing as part of
laboratories occupational health and safety program. Biological Safety Cabinets (BSC)
provide an air curtain utilizing directional air flow inside the cabinet to protect laboratory
personnel; in addition, air is circulated through HEPA filters to protect users from biohazardous
aerosols generated inside of the chamber. The BSC creates a negative airflow up into the
HEPA filter exhaust away from the laboratorian. Certain testing performed on infectious
pathogens must be performed inside of the biosafety cabinet. Per CLIA, continued
preventive maintenance (PM) and repairs are required and must be documented on the
Programs Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) that are inspected during yearly CLIA
inspections.